Railway-tie.



F. EISBL, F. HAGEN & A. SGHROEDER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.30, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13.,

Application filed March 30, 1911; Serial No. 617,846.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Fnann EISEL, FRANK HAGEN, and AR'rI-IUI: Sonnononn, citizens of the United States, residing at of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is av specification.

Ihis invention relates to railway ties, and

10 it relates particularly to that class of these articles wherein the bodies of the ties are composed of concrete.

The object which we have in view is to provide a railwaytie of the kind referred 5 to which shall be strong and durable, and

which shall be so formed, and provided with such attachments that the rigid securj 5' Bree-se, in the county of Clinton and State 1 ing of railway rails to the ties shall be capa- Y ble of being effected by cheap and easily 0 operated means.

Vii-h these objects in view the invention consists of a tie havlng the generic and specific features of construction and arrangementof the parts substantially as herein- 1' after described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railway tie made in accordance with our invention, showing by dotted lines a portion of a railway rail secured to the tie; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsectional View of a tie and the means for securing a rail thereto; and, Fig. 3 is a perspective view'of the means for attaching a rail to the tie, the same being shown removed from the tie.-

In this drawing 1 represents the body of a tie'which is composed of concrete and is approximately of the size of the wooden tics in common use. The body 1 of the tie is reenforced by -1netal rods 2 extending longitudinally through the body of the tie, one of the rods being preferably located ad jacent to each of the four corners of the tie.

- the body we embed therein and incorporate with it at the time of forming the same a bar 3 of metal which extends from end to end of the tie and which is preferably en- In order to give strength and rigidity to tirely surrounded by the concrete. The bar 3 is located at any desired point within the tie, being preferably situated at about the middle thereof.

In order that rails may be attached to the ties, formed as described by means capable of rapid manipulation, and which when se cured in place shall insure the rails against displacement, we form near each end of the ties a socket 4 all the sides of which formed by the material of the tie, and in this socket are placed clamps, consisting of a bed plate 4) of a size to fit closely in the socket and having at one end an overhanging arm (3 adapted to bear upon the face of the flange of a rail at one side thereof. The bed plate 5 has extending transversely thereof a projection Twhich enters a trans verse groove 8 in the lower face of an arm 9, which arm has one end an upward projecting clamp 10 the lower face of which is adapted to bear upon the flange of a rail. The arm 9, the plate 5, the bar 3, and the body of the tie are all provided with openings which are in line with each other when the parts are assembled and through these openings extends a bolt 11, the head of which is preferably located in a countersink I in the bottom face of the tie and which receives at its upper end a nut which bears upon the arm 9. The bed'plate 5 fitting snugly into the socket in the top of the tie is firmly seated and when. a rail placed in position to have the flange project between the arms 6 and the bed plate 5 on one side,

' and to be retained by the arm 9 on the opposite side it will be firmly held in place by the single bolt 11 thus providing in a simple cheap way for the reliable retaining of the rail in place. Great rigidity and strength are given the construction by passing the bolt 11 through the clamp 10, the bed plate 5, the body of the tie and the plate 3, and should the concrete body become cracked tr broken su )port and niaintenance of the rail in place ill be insured. by reason of the construction and arrangement of the other parts of) the device;

Having thus described our invention,

what We claim as new, and desire to secure I bolt passing from the lower face of the tie by Letters Patent, is through the embedded plate, the bed plate I A railway tie comprising a body of coni and the clamping arm. cret-e having sockets formed in its upper In testimony whereof We aflix our signa- 1b face, bed plates fitted snugly in the sockets, tures in presence of two Witnesses. the bed plate being provided at one end FRANK EISEL. with an overhanging arm and at the other FRANK HAGEN. end on its upper face with a transverse pro- ARTHUR SCHROEDER.

jeetion, a separate clamping arm having a Vvitnesscs: 1.0 transverse groove in its lower face, a plate J. J. MORONY,

embedded in the concrete, and a binding 1 Penn. KREBS. 

